The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-15
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

1t is said that the milk Of cows
that are sailed regularly churns much
more easily than the milk of COWS not
sailed.
Among old gardeners there is a
great unanimity of opinion that hen
manure is the very best fertilizer for
squashes.
A writer in the Quarterly Revtew
notes the decreasing or stationary
acreage, in spite of increasing popula-
ton, in all the chief wheat exporting
countries except India.
-Turpentine, coal oil and vinegar,
equal parts, well shaken together and
ribbed on the eggs of the bot fly on
horses legs, viii, we are told, utterly
kill them after about three applica-
tions.
"A French paper says that petro-
leum destroys all insects and banishes
rats and mice, and that water slightly
impregnated with petroleum applied to
plants infected with insects will de-
stroy them.
Foam Sauce. Mix one cup ofsugar
with one tablespoonful of flour; add
one-half cup of butter, then three gills
of water Cor milk and water) boiling
hot, pinch of salt, favoring, and we'll
beaten egg Christian Union.
A successful Boston florist says
that he seldom fails to root slips of the
most tender and rare kinds He cred
its his success to a layer of oats placed
under the usual layer of sand in which
the slips are planted. When moistened
they act as stimulant and feeder to
the tender roots of the slips.
For striped melon bug it is
recommended that we add table
spoonful of kerosene to about two
quarts of plaster and rub the mixture
between the hands until the kerosene
impregnates the mass. Put this ON
the leaves the same as we would use
plaster, ashes or dry soil.
-Damson Cheese. Put damsons in
a covered jar, stand in saucepan of
boiling water for several hours, beat
through colander till only stones and
skins are left; one-half pound sugar to
one of liquid, simmer half an hour, put
up in small jars or shapes. Invalids
usually like the acid of this preserve,
and as it turns out so well it looks a
pretty dish. Exchange
Six rules to be written out plainly
and hung up in the kitchen: Never let
hard soap lie soaking in dishpans or
scrubbing- buckets; see that matches,
fresh or spent, do not lie about; re-
member to close the damper when the
fire is kindled; do not let clothes flap
to pieces on the clothes-line; see that
the line closely follows the clothes to
the house, and leave closets and draw
ers in just little better order than
they were found when searching for
any article.
Those who are fond of the cucum-
Der, that too common cause of colicky
and diarrheal attacks. should remem-
Der that in the raw state it is not a
suitable ingredient of a heavy meal, as
the quantity of woody fiber in it adds
to the burden of the stomach already
loaded with all it can digest. If eaten
at all, it should be at lunch; then, if
salt, pepper and vinegar are freely
used to stimulate the secretion of the
gastric juice, the cucumber occasions
less disturbance.-Good Housekeeping.
"A report on u series of expert
ments with different fertilizers on po-
tatoes, conducted last year at the ag-
ricultural station of Kentucky, con-
tains the following conclusions: 1. The
application of stable manure injured
the quality of the tubers. 2. The APP
plication of nitrate of soda is injurious
to the quality Of the potato. 8. The
inference, based upon on trial. is that
the result in the quality of the potato is
the same, whether sulphate or muriate
of potash is employed, at least in COM
bination with nitrate of soda and
superphosphates.
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